Berkeley Springs WV 25411. Roman Bathhouse and Museum of the Berkeley Springs The second floor of the historic Roman Bath House, oldest public building in Berkeley Springs is the Museum of the Berkeley Springs with exhibits on the natural and cultural history of the springs and town. There are both permanent and changing exhibits. It [ Read More ]
Wellsburg WV 26070. Built by John Henderson prior to 1798 in Federal style, the building was leased by William Miller and operated as a tavern for 50 years. Since 1974 building has housed the Brooke County Museum. Credit: 1982 by West Virginia Department of Culture and History.
309 E. John St., Martinsburg WV 25401. Founder of Martinsburg, First Sheriff of Berkeley County, Statesman, Soldier, Surgeon National Register of Historic Places Oct. 15, 1970. Credit: State Of West Virginia.
Cowan TN 37318. Built in 1904, the Cowan Railroad Depot handled travelers bound for Nashville and Chattanooga, as well as Sewanee and the Cumberland Plateau, until it closed in 1971. In 1976 the depot was moved from Tennessee Avenue to its present location, now housing the Cowan Railroad Museum. Credit:Tennessee Historical Commission.
Nashville TN 37203. Erected as the central structure of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, 1897, this is the only full-scale reproduction of the fifth century B.C. Athenian temple and is exact in almost every detail to the original. The idea of reproducing the magnificent building was conceived by Major E. C. Lewis, Director General of the [ Read More ]
1000 17th Avenue N, Nashville TN 37208. This building, completed in 1889, was the first gymnasium built at any predominantly black college in the United States. In 1949, it was rededicated as an art gallery and named in honor of Carl Van Vechten, a New York music critic, author, photographer, and art collector who encouraged [ Read More ]
1500 Hillside Boulevard, Daly City CA 94014. This building memorializes the contributions of the Abbey Land and Improvement Company to the development of Colma. The company established Mount Olivet Memorial Park, the sixth cemetery to be built in Colma, and constructed a streetcar line along the Mt. Olivet Parkway from the main electric railway at [ Read More ]
20 Fourth Street, Petaluma CA 94952. The ‘Old Carnegie Library’, begun in 1904, served Petaluma from 1906 until the new library was built in 1976. This first major building by local architect Brainerd Jones is noted for its freestanding dome with stained glass, and use of locally quarried ‘sandstone’. Its 1978 re-dedication as research library [ Read More ]
3237 Santa Fe Street, Riverbank CA 95367. This building was constructed in 1921 by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation and served as a public library. In 1996 it was placed into the National Registry of Historic Places. The history of our community is preserved in this museum by the Riverbank Historical Society. Dedicated February 2, 1997 [ Read More ]
2618 K Street, Sacramento CA 95816. This museum dedicated to LOYALTY – COOPERATION – PROGRESS And to the Ideals of AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. Credit: 1940 by The Sacramento County Parlors of Native Daughters of the Golden West, Dec. 15, 1940.
